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HCP Partner Spotlight: Dr. Nicolette Warren Powe Assistant Professor Health Professions, Bitonte College of Health & Human Services, Youngstown State University Portrait of Deputy Secretary General Amina J. Mohammed “There is no one size that fits all. We must work country by country, region by region, community by community, to ensure the diversity of needs are addressed to support each reality.” – Amina J. [...]

HCP Partner Spotlight: Kris Kriebel Health Educator at the Trumbull County Combined Health District “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” ― W.B. Yeats Kris Kriebel sharing information for the Trumbull County Combined Health District/Trumbull County Creating Healthy Communities at the Niles Wellness Center The best educators are not always those with the highest levels of educational [...]

HCP Partner Spotlight: Carmella Williams Entrepreneur, Director, Gardener, and the "Hair Lady" “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” - Maya Angelou Carmella Williams, the "Hair Lady" In her final reflection as part of the Healthy Community Partnership cohort for the National Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health, Carmella Williams assigned herself the alias “the Hair Lady” [...]

HCP Partner Spotlight: 2022 Community Ride Leaders Newly Trained Community Ride Leaders (from Left to Right) Ronnell Elkins, YoGo Bike Share Kris Kriebel, Trumbull County Combined Health District Tricia D'Avignon, Boardman Township Zoning & Development Doris Bullock, Stepping Out Program at Mercy Health Jessica Romeo, Community Health Education at Mercy Health Sarah Lowry, Healthy Community Partnership/Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley Ira Cross, Mahoning County Veterans Service Commission/CycWard [...]

HCP Partner Spotlight: Leigh Greene Director of Community Health at Mercy Health Youngstown National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities 2022 National Minority Health Month Header In April, we celebrate National Minority Health Month, Black Maternal Health Week, National Public Health Week, and World Health Day. Which means, we also celebrate one of our public health sheroes who has dedicated her life and [...]

HCP Partner Spotlight: Stephanie Dyer Environmental Program Manager at Eastgate Regional Council of Governments Celebrating those who take care of us | Image by Melissa Askew March is a month of celebrating those who take care of us–from our own mothers to the mother of us all, Earth. We recognize the contributions of women and individuals who identify as women during Women’s History Month [...]

HCP Partner Spotlight: Miles Jay (Johnson) Community Organizer with Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership “You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I’m attempting to do right now.” — Angela Davis City of Warren Mayor Doug Franklin and Miles Jay (Johnson) recognizing a member of the [...]

HCP Partner Spotlight: 2021 Wrapped HCP Celebrates another Successful Year with a 2021 Partner Spotlight Highlights Playlist We've made it through another memorable sometimes breath-taking, sometimes gut-wrenching roller-coaster of a year. Like everyone else, HCP celebrated milestones and accomplishments, but we also experienced setbacks, delays, and lost opportunities. Throughout all of the ups and downs each year rolls out, HCP continues to move forward and onward [...]

HCP Partner Spotlight: Deryck Toles, Founder & CEO Inspiring Minds Inspiring Minds works to create a community and a vision for the future that believes anything is possible. Interview with Deryck Toles, Founder & CEO Inspiring Minds Deryck Toles, Inspiring Minds Founder & CEO “You don’t mentor a child for a week, a month, or a year. When you truly mentor someone, [...]

HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: Deonte "Tae" Stubbs, Visual Communications Intern Welcoming, Recognizing, and Celebrating the Contributions of Our Interns Helen Hayes, legend in the U.S. theater community “The expert at anything was once a beginner.” – Helen Hayes (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award winner) The Healthy Community Partnership is an ongoing conga of constructive, consistent, contradictions: we simultaneously prioritize working towards a healthier present and [...]

HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: Dawn Turnage, City of Youngstown Parks and Recreation Promoting, Preserving, and Preparing Our Parks for the Future For nearly 40 years, the United States has celebrated National Parks and Recreation Month in July. The National Recreation and Parks Association describes the purpose of the month long celebration, which is to: promote building strong, vibrant and resilient communities through the power of parks and recreation, [...]

HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: Cassandra Clevenger--Trumbull Neighborhood Partnership Community Resource Coordinator: Convening, Collaborating & Connecting Cassandra Clevenger distributing seeds and information about TNP's programming The season has shifted into summer: temperatures are warming, flowers blooming,  strawberries are heavy and ready for harvesting, busy bees are buzzing here and there--our June Partner Spotlight shines on Cassandra Clevenger, TNP's Community Resource Coordinator, who is at the center of [...]

HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Urban Forestry Planting Seeds, Growing a Culture of Conservation in the Mahoning Valley Celebrating Minority Health Month & National Poetry Month with an excerpt from Langston Hughes' "April Rain Song" As the sayings go, “April’s showers bring May’s flowers,” and “when it rains, it pours.” April has been a busy, fruitful month for HCP and [...]

HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: Mahoning & Trumbull County Land Banks A Decade of Demolitions to Grow a Greener Mahoning Valley A lot has changed over the last 10 years. Common sights in 2011 are artifacts by 2021 standards. Technology is always a reliable place to look for what’s new, different, updated, and upgraded—iPods are no more; much of our data and entertainment floats in a cloud or through [...]

HCP-MV Partner Spotlight: The D5 Group  Celebrating One Year Working with the D5 Group to Share Our Stories World renowned author and Ohio-native Maya Angelou warns us that, “there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." An important part of the work of the Healthy Community Partnership is to remember that that while we pool and pull together data, we don't forget about our [...]

Partner Spotlight: Mahoning Valley Community Health Heroes The Healthy Community Partnership Says Thank You! to Our Community Health Heroes for Their Service During the COVID-19 Pandemic For our final Partner Spotlight of 2020, it seemed not only appropriate but essential to recognize our partners who have been standing in the spotlight this entire year: our Community Health Heroes. Powerful image of a healthcare worker keeping a [...]

Partner Spotlight: Lake to River Food Cooperative It’s November, which signals the shifting from fall’s golden hours to the silvery shades of winter. And, for many, November is also the beginning of the holiday season. Though our holiday celebrations will look very different this year, one of the essential elements at the center of many holiday traditions will stay the same: food.  At HCP, we always have food [...]

Partner Spotlight: Bill McMahon & Francine McBride Community Outreach and Education at Akron Children's Mahoning Valley October is National Children’s Health Month, and the week of October 19-23 is Health Education Week. So, for the October Partner Spotlight, HCP would like to recognize two members of our team whose work focuses on providing outreach and educational opportunities that highlight the importance of protecting and promoting our children’s [...]

Partner Spotlight: Robin Perry, HCP-MV Network Coordinator The Healthy Community Partnership-Mahoning Valley is very excited to welcome a new member to our team. Robin Perry will be joining the Partnership as a full-year AmeriCorps VISTA beginning her term on August 31, 2020 and concluding the following year. She will be serving in a role titled the HCP-MV Network Coordinator, where she will enhance HCP-MV’s ability to effectively manage [...]

HCP Partner Spotlight: Mahoning Valley Farmers Market Managers This week, August 2-8, is National Farmers Market Week. Farmers Markets have become an anticipated summer staple across the Mahoning Valley. These spaces offer farmers, gardeners, bakers, and creators of all kinds a place to come together to connect with the community and to share good food and stories. 2020 National Farmers Market Week Infographic The National Farmers [...]

HCP Partner Spotlight: From Green to Great—Three Resident Leaders Improving Their Neighborhoods One Green Space at a Time Mary Danus, Boulevard Park Neighborhood Association Marguerite Douglas, Lincoln Knolls Community Watch Bobby Reynolds, Northeast Homeowners and Concerned Citizens Over the past 5 years, neighborhoods throughout the Mahoning Valley have seen hundreds of images of ugly abandoned, blighted houses disappear to be replaced by green space. Though these green [...]

HCP Partner Spotlight: Christian Bennett As Trumbull County’s Food Access Coordinator, I hope to accomplish finding sustainable solutions to alleviate the food gaps within the community. Every day I wake up determine to think outside of the box for new opportunities that will make our communities healthier. So far, I have built relationships with 7 independent-locally owned convenience stores within Warren, Oh that is passionate of selling healthier [...]

HCP Partner Spotlight: Sophia Buggs What an amazing time to be alive and working in the valley. Much of my farming, cooking, and wellness consulting have been about connecting folk to the soil, plants, and wellbeing. I’ve always shared my resources off-site at other gardens, kitchens, and businesses. This year plant medicine and land stewardship is the focus. It’s kind of always been the focus of my small [...]

HCP Partner Spotlight: Ride On! Community Ride Leaders Part 2 |  Justin Mondok & Kelan Bilal HCP Members Participate in Multi-Day Yay Bikes! Community Ride Leader Training and Create Ride On! An Inclusive Bicycle Advocacy and Education Group  By spring of 2018, the Healthy Community Partnership was about to have our training wheels taken off as we set out to begin our journey towards creating a healthier, more [...]

HCP Partner Spotlight: Ride On! Community Ride Leaders Part 1 | Jenna Amerine & Ira Cross HCP Members Participate in Multi-Day Yay Bikes! Community Ride Leader Training and Create Ride On! An Inclusive Bicycle Advocacy and Education Group  By spring of 2018, the Healthy Community Partnership was about to have our training wheels taken off as we set out to begin our journey towards creating a healthier, more equitable [...]

Partner Spotlight: Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley With support from the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley and its three supporting organizations, the Healthy Community Partnership-Mahoning Valley (HCP-MV) is a collaboration of organizations and members who share a commitment to a healthier Mahoning Valley. The partnership’s work has been guided by a steering committee made up of Mahoning Valley residents representing a variety of sectors including the [...]